the captain of a vessel whose it crew leaped to the rescue of survivors in the volga river tragedy last weekend. captain is out and thank you very much for this interview was the first to come to the rescue of the sinking cruise ship bill garia how did you get to know about the tragedy. yes we were the first to help we were sailing in the same direction as the bulgaria and we picked up on the radio just bits of conversations between some ships we couldn't make out what the ships were but we heard them talk of seeing people overboard and speculating that it looked like a boat or a small ship it capsized once we heard that we put on more speed to get there faster when we did arrive at the tragedy site we saw terrible things and only when we realised that it was the pleasure boat boat geria that it sunk to the true scope of the disaster strike us. how long did it take you to get to the scene. but you know i mean i would say about five to ten minutes fifteen at most from the moment

we heard the radio talk it all happened very quickly as we were nearing the site we began to figure out how many people there were in the water although that was hard to do because there was a lot of rubble floating around as well it was very hard to pick out individual people from among the floating debris it was truly a tragic picture that we saw what condition where those people where they panic stricken where the song. when we got them on board we had so much to deal with of course they were panic stricken they were in deep shock what happened was quite horrible my crew members who were involved in rescue works they got deeply involved to some people were in a dreadful condition many were injured they had to oil all over their skin because when the ship sank the fuel oil came up to the surface and spread everywhere and covered the people that made rescue even harder because the oil made the victims greasy and hard to get a holes to pull them on board seeing children and i condition that was particularly

heartbreaking. and cowardly it was very hard on survivor. could last family man there's a tragedy. as far as i know although it may be wrong i understand that only one family survived the wreck without losing any members most people did lose their close and loved ones and yes indeed it was very hard for both on the survivors and on us too we all felt very deeply for them. right and i was just about ask you how your crew were coping with it and how are they doing now it must have been hugely stressful. double what we couldn't afford to think about stress we had to do all we could to prevent panic spreading of course each of us felt a deep insights but we had to remain calm and professional to control our feelings . and succeeded in saving so many people a total of seven to seven what helped you do that was there anything in particular that helped. you know i find it hard to say what helped us because after that storm

there was a brief period of calm and it happened just as we approached the wreck site that short moment of calm allowed us to pull people on board once the rescue operation was over and we went to investigate the wreck site again the rough weather came back into the water was very rough again we got there just in time for the crew when i already said that they performed in the best possible way everyone acted very competently the speed of the crew significantly helped save people's lives they just wanted to get the job done how many passengers were on board at that time and how did they react. when the arabella was packed to full capacity at the time one hundred fifty passengers they acted like heroes i use this loud word deliberately they helped a lot they consoled the injured and there were doctors among the tourists on the arabella they assisted the ship's medic as he rendered first aid and they gave a lot of psychological support to survivors that was very important. that the

people who survived the ship cracked of the journalists that when they found themselves in the water and the boat sank they were instantly under that water that's the rock and then pumped up to the surface again one of the sat he thought it looked as though the sinking boat from the sort of funnel that put everything in what happens in reality. more than that of course a sinking boat can pull objects floating on the surface under the water because of the huge water displacement that churns the water into a whirlpool that can suck people in but people who were afloat when the ship sank must have found enormous strength to fight the whirlpool and return to the surface it is difficult to tell because i have never been in their shoes and i can't imagine what it would be like had they been the one of the who picked them up. i can't be precise about that but i think they were in the water for half an hour or so but some of them a tried to get into life rafts others were still in the water. there are a few theories of how this tragedy could have happened and one of them sas the boat

had taken all the facts and saw the bulgarian dock sometime before the sinking it's not a factor to you. you see not all technical defects can be seen from outside experts say that the crews are listed to one side i don't know how dangerous this was for the passengers because i'm not familiar with ships of this type i've never worked on that design but it listed and everyone knows it as for the technical state of the cruiser i say again that i can't pass judgment because i never inspected its engine but it is very difficult to tell if you don't know the particulars. there i witness this one says that the boat lifted to the right even when it was dark at port so this thing was visible i'm not sure it was personal because it wasn't there and i want to ask you this question is it true. i told you just now that the boat was listing but i can't tell you how critical it was to the ship is it true that the ship sank really fast yes you know i've spoken to some of the witnesses i mean survivors of course there are different versions but i attribute this to shock

because they just couldn't get their thoughts together and were rather confused but they still say it took the ship something in like two or three maybe five minutes to sink and that really is a very short time and it is difficult to lower any boats a raft in the meantime with a strong lurch like that or brace up somehow and that suggests that it is possible that the accident could claim so many lives because it all happened so fast i thought let us talk about this to vassals that as many claim passed the bulgaria did they were just passed by why didn't they stop the see what was going on but i did a practice i saw well we were approaching the site of the tragedy practically civil tenuously with one other vessel a heavy duty towboat with a large part maybe it was a little bit ahead of us i don't know why they didn't stop in front of the site if they saw it happening and i can't say whether they saw it at all either but by the time they decide. added to hold and come to the rescue we were already there i

don't know maybe it was because of that ship's mass characteristics and inertia maybe they had tried to stop earlier than that anyway at that moment we were there and the ship's presence at that spot could be counterproductive and hazardous for the people who were in the water and below the surface. in that situation it was paramount that we avoided panic in disaster situation it was necessary to observe the scene of the accident and it was necessary to start rescuing people immediately but anyway i think we did it all faster than this other ship could have because at that moment there was just so little time. thank you very much. forty two thousand americans die each year for accidents will be a thousand posts seven hundred thousand people murdered and thirty two thousand will kill themselves cancer in all its forms kills five hundred sixty thousand of

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a one year contract with turkish club the sheikh to us the first high profile star to leave the n.b.a. for europe because they'll be only going labor dispute. now we hadn't reached the top ten of a major tournament for ten years but darren clarke is today at the top of the world golfing tree the northern irishman winning the british open by three shots clark i rank outsider before the event entered sunday's final round holding a one stroke lead to the country tyrone native didn't let the wind down rain put them all falling off the second place during all dustin johnson and phil mickelson only seven players for ensuring par above that in sandwich. of seventy the very definition of consistency up royal st george's the forty two year old finally raising a loft that famed for a joke after twenty attempts as a pro becoming the third northern irishman to win a major in just fifteen months let the party commence then and clark's hometown of

don't get him and. let's get the latest from the tour de france the isle of man's mark cavendish winning stage fifteen of the riders approach the mediterranean sea thomas voeckler though he still holding on to the overall leader's yellow jersey after that one hundred ninety two plummer run from the mouth to montpellier a twenty six year old pal. in the sure inning is nineteenth career stage when the fourth of this series addition sprinters dominating on the stages mostly flock to rain as expected speed specialist tal afar are. coming in second on third freshman voeckler still having the locals who don't been yellow for the seventh straight stage. they have yashin cup is heading to germany dominating this year's event which puts together select european under twenty one squads in moscow robert on the and explains all. he is the pride of soviet and russian football live yashin was

central in his national team's biggest achievements winning olympic gold in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and then they use a service first european championships four years later he's still the only goalkeeper in the history of the game to play in the european football or of the year award in ninety six or three and was voted for people's best shot stopper of the twentieth century. decades later dinamo moscow the club where yes and spent his entire career strive to keep his legend alive the live yashin cup an international tournament for under twenty one teams an essential part of his plan although yes in successor is a young gentleman hopefuls as still some work to do to feel yashin is boots after losing to or gave bill gregg in the semifinals the muscovites went head to head with everton in the third please game mcclish which was going for the hosts from.

the english side we think a number of gilt edged chances in the first half including and missed penalty after the break the visitors were left with ten men when are still in c.l.a received a second yellow card but that didn't help the none on everton the team who promptly brule the deadlock. only netting in style here one. unanimous push for a leveller then kills the russians again on the counter-attack only claiming his brace here for a final scoreline of two nil it was nice to chat so it's a good lesson for us we have to face strong european schools and test ourselves against and this is the only way to produce our own generation of skilful players i mean a full form of all credit to the players you know so. it's more difficult to play against him. today show the thought we maybe should have been leading

a half time maybe by at least a couple of goals. so to come out second half and scored a couple goals was very pleasing that's how it came to the final vs good and it was the germans who steal the shoe just in three books a bill aziz opening his team secure and finishing off at dick's move one little niche turning into gold finished with this because there is able to choose their people six new with one school work with three books youngsters who bring the peak of their peers from the womb serbia and russia to germany. instead to modern so we have to train passing passing cars like this in barcelona they're really good . looking for barcelona and trying to bring some of these young hopefuls have

every chance to perform at the twenty eighteen world cup the first to be held in russia robert martin on r t. natalya is shameka house today forever etched her name into the annals of synchronized swimming the russian becoming the first ever eleven time world champion after winning her latest goal at the finals in shanghai the twenty five year old giving our country the first medal of the tournament as well winning her third straight world championship and an impeccable informants in the solo program seeing a shank a score ninety eight point three points out of one hundred thought mark topping the local favorite a lying champ while spaniard under took the last spot on the podium this term and far from over for two thoughts and a beijing gold winner shanker though it will end state of is expected to russia's medal haul in the upcoming jewett and. since. three of moto g.p. top five riders this year produced quite

a spectacle of the german grand prix on sunday dully prevailing over a pole sitter casey stoner and reigning champion whole day lorenzo after a race long battle at the circuit but also getting off to a blistering start in his home to from second place in what would prove a start to finish battle for dominance teammate still no was on willing to budge though early on with lorenzo also in the mix after starting from third person has quite a liking for the track calvin won here four previous times in different engine classes responded eventually running the circuit for victory in just a second race after returning from collarbone surgery. a second stoner third australian story or still leads the overall standings though fifteen points ahead. one of the n.b.a.'s elite point guards will be wearing this colors next season duran williams officially putting pen to paper with the turkish club for one year as the lockout shows no sign of being lifted stateside the twenty seven year old

contract reporting where some five million dollars williams could ever head back to the new jersey nets early if the american league's labor issues are resolved and georgia native dissolves up to truly zero will also be joining up with d.-wil leaving the atlanta hawks for a european adventure is no stranger to n.b.a. talent topping briefly employed the league's four time scoring champion and former m.v.p. allen iverson. and finally brazil's. leg of the beach volleyball world tour with the fourth edition of the tournament coming to an end in the russian capital on some of the evening they had to contend with a poor but held their nerve to seal victory and then the rolling final i can't switch. once again that was the russian team insights as for men's competition reached the medal rounds heavy rain has been falling in moscow since the early morning but thing fleet of cleared by early afternoon is best crowd of the event

braved overcast skies to watch what they hoped would be some really close beach volleyball action first open calls was be american jew todd rogers and phil dollhouse who took on paying and who really needs and wants was a rematch of last year's final. the call was still damp after the heavy rain this had both his pros and cons makes it hard to write bad yeah you said but you're able to jump they're just kind of nice so much itself proved to be a cracker of momentum swing back and forth between the perez however it was a reigning olympic champions who held the nerve to take it in for a wing third set tie a break and gain some revenge very defeat in moscow to be a chinese opponents last year it's in the middle of the season opener who so obviously play well but this matter here was like the exact same match last year except we came. i wish we could which because that you felt that before and also

brazil's allison i'm going man u. well taken patrick push and jefferson bellegarde of switzerland however as soon as the teams are taken to the called the heavens opened just as they've been frightening to do for the last hour the south american jew who'd only been playing together for a couple of years to the first set comfortably but the rain became stronger suit of the swiss as they level up a match and send the gold medal game into a decider. the brazilian jewel looked down an hour to spare opponents opened up a six point lead however they hit back brilliantly to seal big cherry who is imo new world would go on to say the weather conditions certainly didn't help i think they were a mix you called. you know i can lose some concentration in many points another think the bald slips looks more than brittle or it's hard to control you know it's difficult for both teams but the morning evolved from rain to dreadful weather

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sea don't need to go and. run to the kennel was a photo retreat. cable has forced rescuers to restart the complicated operation to lift the massive bulgaria cruiser that sank a week ago claiming one hundred twenty nine lives. the murdoch media scandal claims another scalp as britain's top cop quits over connections to journalists suspected of bribery and phone hacking former news international chief executive and the news of the world editor rebecca brooks has also found herself once again dealing with police behind closed doors but this time under arrest before being released on bail . would be in rebels have been recognized as the legitimate governing authority in the country by the u.s. and thirty other countries but colonel gadhafi remains defiant never to leave libya

as nato airstrikes continue. and a transatlantic cash crunch as america struggles to raise its debt ceiling in time to avert a default while the euro crisis spreads adding more pressure on a single currency. broadcasting live from the heart of russia's capital moscow. thomas let's take a look at your top stories. russian emergency crews are to restart. efforts to lift of the wreck of a sunken cruiser which went down in the river volga last week killing one hundred twenty nine people including many children a cable snapped during recovery efforts which have had to restart since the cruiser of all garia went down in minutes leaving most of the two hundred eight passengers

no chance of escape in one of russia's worst ever shipping disasters ortiz tom barton reports from the site of a catastrophe as if to demonstrate just how difficult recovering the ball gary is going to be the cable holding it just snapped with a nor mighty buying but crane holding it rocked backwards and the cable whips up against the side of the ship that cable was there to try and support the ship to try and write it before they began lifting the ship with other straps that were later to be put under it it serves to demonstrate just how difficult and dangerous this operation is going to be if there were divers under there they could have been in great danger from the snapping cable they'd previously been trying to turn the ship around to get into position in order that they could right the ship and then bring it up to the surface but there's a lot of other complications involved very poor visibility a lot of weight involved and a long a long and lengthy process is going to be needed we were told just recently by.